One more tidbit from Red Wings captain Nicklas Lidstrom: Wings' offense was hobbled during finals

Red Wings captain Nicklas Lidstrom addressed his desire to play in the 2010 Olympics and continue his career beyond the upcoming season as he attends Team Sweden's pre-Olympic gathering in Gothenburg, Sweden.

He touched upon his comments made to Expressen's Gunnar Nordstrom last week, concerning the Red Wings' Stanley Cup Finals loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins, in an interview with Svenska Dagbladet's Jan Bengtsson:

July 31, Svenska Dagbladet (translated): Nicklas Lidström will turn 40 just a few months after the Olympics in Vancouver. He is preparing now for its 18th season with Detroit Red Wings and the team captain, he is a great worker for the club.

But the final loss against PIttsburgh, going 3-and-4 in the games, was of course extra heavy:

It is the toughest loss we've had to go through and deal with. It was tough because led a 3-2 tally in wins and had two chances to settle it," says Lidstrom.

And analyze why it happened as it happened:

"The defensive effort we had to close down against Crosby and Malkin influenced our offense: we only scored one goal in the last two games."

Otherwise, Lidstrom reiterates his statement that he will decide whether to play in the 2010 Olympics after the start of the 09-10 regular season.